Chapter 340

The grass at the entrance of the cave had all been trampled flat. Those pitiful spiders had completely given up hope and sadly abandoned their home, moving elsewhere to weave their webs. This cave … would be given to that 'adulterous couple'.

Ye Xiaotian and Tian Miaowen sat face to face on the 'lawn'. The bonfire was burning in the cave, and the red light of the fire shone on their faces, illuminating two youthful faces, one with sharp edges and one with gentle curves.

A skinned little beast was being roasted over the fire, sizzling with oil. A guard was carefully rotating a wooden pole to roast the beast. The meat was not yet fully cooked, but the fragrance of the meat was already wafting in all directions.

The other guards had scattered into the surrounding forest. The night was dark, and the sky was dotted with stars. Looking up, the stars were twinkling. It was as if one could pluck the stars in one's hand with just a jump.

This cave faced the direction of the cliff. From other directions, and with the cover of the vegetation, it was difficult to notice the fire unless one walked very close. The guards were hiding several dozen zhang away from the cave, so the two could talk in peace.

Ye Xiaotian casually fiddled with a grass stick and said to Tian Miaowen, "You made such a big fuss and did not hesitate to expose your treasured capital. It shouldn't be just to vent your anger, right? What does your Tian family want?"

Tian Miaowen's bright eyes were illuminated by the raging fire, and there seemed to be two clusters of flames flickering in her pupils. "I want the Tian family to rise again in the southwest!"

Ye Xiaotian slightly raised his head. There was a large star in his line of sight. The large star was especially bright. Ye Xiaotian had never studied astronomy and did not know what kind of star it was. He only felt that it was much brighter than the surrounding stars.

Tian Miaowen saw that Ye Xiaotian was staring at the star in a daze and did not say anything for a long time. She could not help but ask, "What is it?"

Ye Xiaotian's gaze returned to Tian Miaowen's face. There were also two stars on that charming face. Although they were not as bright as the large star in the sky, they were a hundred times more beautiful. This pair of beautiful gem-like 'stars' flickered with the hope in her heart.

Ye Xiaotian sighed and said, "The Emperor's decree is very difficult to change. If it is the decree of the previous Emperor, then it is almost an ancestral decree and even more difficult to change. The Tian family's current situation is the idea of Emperor Yongle.

Tian Miaowen was charming, but there was a hint of stubbornness at the corner of her mouth. "You want to forcibly open up a piece of land outside the mountains to settle the mountain people. Do you think it's easy? Do you think it is easy to bring out the people who have lived in the mountains for thousands of years? Even if there's only a slim chance, I won't let it go! "

Ye Xiaotian asked in return, "But where is the opportunity?"

Tian Miaowen said word by word, "Yang Yinglong!"

Ye Xiaotian's brows slightly raised. When he felt puzzled or surprised, he would do this out of habit, "Yang Yinglong?"

Tian Miaowen said, "That's right! Yang Yinglong has great ambitions and has been preparing to rebel for a long time. I believe you have already sensed it. "

Ye Xiaotian nodded. Tian Miaowen said, "If we are loyal to the court when Yang Yinglong revolts and cooperate with the army to quell the rebellion, can't this great function fulfill our wishes? Even if it cannot be fulfilled completely, we can still have a good New Year after slaughtering this big fat pig! "

Ye Xiaotian took a deep breath and said with a grave expression, "This is a contest between two giants. If we get involved, we will be crushed into pieces if we are not careful."

Tian Miaowen smiled and said, "I feel that we are fishing in troubled waters! Lord Ye, your current method of expanding your territory is actually not bad. The Yu family of the Tong residence is restless and wants to replace the Zhang family. You cleverly made use of this and cooperated with the Yu family to coerce the Zhang family, thus fighting for a foothold for you.

The Yang family was blinded by greed and took the opportunity when you returned to the mountain to occupy your fort and land, giving you a sufficient reason to counterattack. You also supported a puppet chieftain and brought Shi Qian and the Yang family under your jurisdiction.

However, this is all petty cleverness. Without a clear direction in advance and a clear understanding of the future, one cannot plan carefully. You have to see the big picture. If you don't see the big picture, it is like sailing with the current, lowering the sails when there is wind and dropping the anchor when there is shore.

If you can clearly understand the waterway in front of you, where is the dangerous water, where is the shallow beach, where is the pier, where is the fork, and where are the forks and where are the forks leading to, compared to a blind man riding a horse blindly and dealing with every move he makes, which is better? "

Ye Xiaotian raised his brows again, "What is the big picture that Miss is talking about?"

Tian Miaowen massaged the back of her waist and said in annoyance, "It would be fine if I hurt other parts, but … I can't even sit or lie down now. After such a short while, my waist is going to break."

Ye Xiaotian coughed and said, "Do you want me to lend you my shoulder to lean on?"

Tian Miaowen snorted, "Is it comfortable to lean on your shoulder? It is just as tiring! "

Ye Xiaotian slapped his thigh and said jokingly, "Then how about lending your legs to Miss?"

Tian Miaowen smiled and said, "I have a beauty couch in my room, usually I am used to lying on my side on the couch. Never mind, today I will use you as my beauty couch." Finishing, she laid down on her side with a clear conscience and rested her head on Ye Xiaotian's lap.

Her position was really ambiguous. The sky was filled with stars, the night breeze was gentle, a beautiful woman was lying on a man's lap. If they were talking about some romantic talk, it would be very fitting, but the topic they were talking about was completely unrelated.

Tian Miaowen was lying on his lap and had a strange feeling in her heart. But right now her body was injured and had not been sitting for long, she could not possibly lie down and chat with him, right? That would not be as dignified as this.

Tian Da Guniang borrowed the darkness of the night to cover her embarrassment. She coughed lightly and started to talk about business, "Yang Yinglong is accumulating his strength and is plotting something. The bigger powers in our Guizhou are more or less aware of it. This is probably the convenience of a duck that knows when the water is warm or cold. But does the imperial court know nothing about this? "

Ye Xiaotian thought for a moment and said, "I think, although the imperial court regards the north as their mortal malady and does not pay much attention to the southwest, they should not be completely unaware, right?"

Tian Miaowen smiled and said, "Perhaps the imperial court thinks that Yang Yinglong's various movements are only to compete with the other chieftains for benefits. Or perhaps even if they are aware of his ambition, they can only pretend not to know.

After all, Yang Yinglong's rebellion has not been revealed yet, the imperial court cannot possibly strike first to gain the upper hand and rashly punish a country within a country. That would arouse the vigilance and vigilance of the hundreds of chieftains in Guizhou. If it is not handled properly, the flames of war will rise everywhere. "

"What is there to be vigilant about?" Ye Xiaotian said, "We do not have any rebellious intention."

Tian Miaowen made a 'chi' sound and said, "Rebellion has not been revealed, you say he is rebelling, what evidence do you have? Today we are sure he is rebelling, without any evidence we can send troops. Who can guarantee that tomorrow we will not think I am rebelling, and the day after tomorrow we will think you are rebelling? Do you think the imperial court is a kind person? "

Ye Xiaotian thought it was reasonable. Even if he knew that Yang Yinglong had rebellious intention, as a chieftain, he did not want the imperial court to execute him without warning. Once this precedent was set and everybody acquiesced, it was hard to say whether the imperial court would use the same method on them next.

Tian Miaowen said, "However, if you think the imperial court will do nothing and will only passively wait for him to rebel, and then counter each move accordingly, then you are wrong."

"What do you mean?" Ye Xiaotian asked warily.

Tian Miaowen said, "At the beginning of the year, Yang Yinglong contributed to the Emperor's great talent and received the imperial court's commendation. It can be said that the Emperor's trust has increased, right? But at the same time, the imperial court transferred Ye Mengxiong to Qian to be the inspector-general. This Ye Mengxiong entered officialdom as a civil official, but he is well-versed in both literature and martial arts. He is loyal and courageous, brave and daring, and very resourceful.

Ever since he entered officialdom, he has been promoted step by step from a small official. When he was serving in Ganzhou, he exterminated the Yellow Village bandits; when he was serving as an official in Anqing, he executed the Mount Paradise bandits; when he was transferred to Zhejiang to inspect the sea routes, he was in charge of coastal defense; last year he was appointed as the Zhili's Yongping Garrison Deputy Inspector, he manufactured artillery carriages, and the bandits of Liaodong were unstoppable. This man has long turned from civil to military; the imperial court transferred him to Guizhou, why? "

Speaking to this point, Tian Miaowen laughed coldly and continued, "Bozhou originally belonged to Guizhou, but it is closer to Sichuan, so Yang Yinglong has a closer relationship with the Sichuan officials than with Guizhou. As a result, the imperial court transferred Li Hualong to Sichuan to be the Inspector-General.

Li Hualong is also a capable and famous official; this man knows military affairs, and is especially good at identifying and using people. Why do you think the imperial court transferred him to Sichuan? Obviously it is to reorganize the government. If you say that this is not the imperial court's intention to guard against Yang Yinglong, even if you beat me to death I will not believe it! "

"Hmm," Ye Xiaotian suddenly felt that the person lying on his lap was not a beautiful woman more beautiful than Hua Jieyu, more beautiful than jade, but Mr. Kong Ming with feather fan and silk handkerchief, and he was that Imperial Uncle Liu whose hands were longer than his knees and whose earlobes hung down to his shoulders.

That's not right, his hands were not longer than his knees, and although his earlobes were thick, they did not reach his shoulders. Instead, it was that little bastard under his crotch that seemed to be about to leap up. There was no other way, Tian Miaowen was born a stunner, born with an enchanting appearance that could bring calamity to the country and the people. Moreover, she was lying on his lap, very close to his private parts. Even if he was a hundred years old monk, he could not guarantee that he would not have wild and fanciful thoughts.

Ye Xiaotian hurriedly placed his tongue on the roof of his mouth, lifted his anus and sucked in his abdomen, and silently said in his heart, "Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form. In the name of the master, to expel evil spirits, Taishang Laojun is as urgent as the law!"

Tian Miaowen did not know what kind of dirty thoughts were running through his mind, her mouth slightly opened and her red lips moved as she continued to say, "This is the imperial court's precaution, and in Qian, the various forces are also intertwined, mutually checking and balancing each other. This kind of situation is half natural, the other half is the imperial court's intention! "

"If you observe carefully, you will realize that in any fort, village, county, prefecture, province, regardless of the size of the place, under the most powerful force, there will always be a power that is not as strong as him, but once it receives external support, or if the most powerful force suffers a major setback, it will be able to replace it.

In this kind of situation, the most powerful force will not dare to be militaristic against the outside world, and do as they please within the country. Of course, there will always be exceptions, but it is never the norm. At most in a few decades, it will definitely be like this.

For a fort, a village, of course, it is not the imperial court's turn to put in the effort to create this kind of balance, but the imperial court designed this for the chieftains, and the chieftains also designed the same for the small chieftains. In the end, it naturally formed this kind of mutual check and balance. "

Tian Miaowen raised her face and smiled charmingly at him, "Now that Yang Yinglong is about to break this kind of balance, don't you think that in this kind of situation, the imperial court and the chieftains would very much like to build a new force to balance?"

“Duang~~~”

Ye Xiaotian's legs were a little numb from the pillow, and he slightly shifted his position. Something that was originally cleverly suppressed by the robe suddenly rose up, and Ye Xiaotian was so ashamed that he could only stammer, "Yes … yes, the Tian family will definitely rise, I … I will also definitely rise!"